Electoral district of Blue Mountains

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Blue Mountains
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
NSW Electoral District 2023 - Blue Mountains.svg
Electoral district of Blue Mountains
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State New South Wales
Created1968
MP Trish Doyle
Party Labor
Namesake Blue Mountains
Electors 59,088 (2023)
Area1,422.63 km2 (549.3 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial
Electorates around Blue Mountains:
Bathurst Bathurst Hawkesbury
Bathurst Blue Mountains Penrith
Bathurst Wollondilly Badgerys Creek

Blue Mountains is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Trish Doyle of the Labor Party.

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History

The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 45,289 electors on 29 April 2007. [1] [2] [3] [4] Since the 2023 election, it has encompassed all of the City of Blue Mountains. [5]

Members for Blue Mountains

MemberPartyPeriod
  Harold Coates [6] Independent 1968–1976
  Mick Clough [7] Labor 1976–1981
  Bob Debus [8] Labor 1981–1988
  Barry Morris [9] Liberal 1988–1994
  Independent 1994–1995
  Bob Debus [8] Labor 1995–2007
  Phil Koperberg [10] Labor 2007–2011
  Roza Sage [11] Liberal 2011–2015
  Trish Doyle [12] Labor 2015–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Blue Mountains [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Trish Doyle 28,61353.9+8.2
Liberal Sophie-Anne Bruce12,64023.8−5.7
Greens Jenna Condie6,66912.6+0.5
Animal Justice Greg Keightley2,2854.3+0.4
Informed Medical Options Michelle Palmer1,9013.6+3.6
Sustainable Australia Richard Marschall9481.8−1.1
Total formal votes53,05697.9+0.3
Informal votes1,1432.1−0.3
Turnout 54,19991.7−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Trish Doyle 35,53671.9+8.3
Liberal Sophie-Anne Bruce13,89328.1−8.3
Labor hold Swing +8.3

See also

References

  1. "Redistribution Commissioners' Report" (PDF). Election Funding Authority of New South Wales. 21 December 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2006.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Blue Mountains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  5. "Blue Mountains". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 12 April 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  6. "Mr Harold George Coates (1917-2002)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  7. "Mr (Mick) Ralph James Clough (1927-2008)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  8. 1 2 "The Hon. (Bob) Robert John Debus (1943- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  9. "Mr Barry John Morris (1935-2001)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  10. "Mr (Phil) Philip Christian Koperberg (1943- )". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  11. "Mrs Roza Eva Maria Sage". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  12. "Ms (Trish) Trisha Lee Doyle". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  13. LA First Preference: Blue Mountains, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  14. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Blue Mountains, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.